There's things that don't technically *hurt* that sometimes help.
-taking a hot shower then switching it to cold really quickly -play-doh. Throw it at a wall or something. really, really hard. I swear it is helpful. -run. around the block a few times (or a lot of times), up and down stairs. DO it long enough, it kinda hurts.
Tiger balm, or any other sports rub with a high menthol/camphor component. You will smell minty for a while, but that is about it.
I avoid capsaicin based preparations. It doesn't really ever wash off your hands, so that for days everything you eat has the potential to be spicier than you expected. Not that I would mind that, except that I don't like the unpredictability of it.
Spicy foods, though, do cause a nice, controlled, and even socially acceptable form of self-induced pain.
All of my forms of hurting myself without causing actual injury involve some sort of chemical irritant. I create the sensation of pain by lying to my nerves about how much damage is being done. There is no real harm, but that isn't how it feels.
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-taking a hot shower then switching it to cold really quickly
-play-doh. Throw it at a wall or something. really, really hard. I swear it is helpful.
-run. around the block a few times (or a lot of times), up and down stairs. DO it long enough, it kinda hurts.
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I avoid capsaicin based preparations. It doesn't really ever wash off your hands, so that for days everything you eat has the potential to be spicier than you expected. Not that I would mind that, except that I don't like the unpredictability of it.
Spicy foods, though, do cause a nice, controlled, and even socially acceptable form of self-induced pain.
All of my forms of hurting myself without causing actual injury involve some sort of chemical irritant. I create the sensation of pain by lying to my nerves about how much damage is being done. There is no real harm, but that isn't how it feels.
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